WW1 Trench Map Gommecourt France Sheet 57D NE Ed 2B 1:20,000
Trenches Corrected to 16.5.16
Issued by GSGS (Geographical Section, General Staff) of the War Office with reference number 2742. Dated by the OSO 1916
Covers areas including Gommecourt, Puisieux, Bucquoy, Douchy-les-Ayette, Essarts, Fonquevillers etc.
Overall size 90cm x 65cm
There are some age(foxing)/water marks on the paper and linen. Mostly on the back where it has become quite dark. Some holes on the creases in the paper and a larger tear near the bottom left corner as shown in photos 4 to 8.
The linen has become mostly detached from the paper but still retains the writing that was printed on the back translating from French to English. Some fraying, holes and wear to the linen.
This map came from a collection of Capt A C Heaslop.
A few bits of information regarding A C Heaslop.
• World War I Command: He served as a Captain and later a Major in the Royal Garrison Artillery. Notably, he commanded the 12th Siege Battery. • The Somme (1916): Major Heaslop is recognized by military historians for his use of a historic, captured German trench map/attack plan for the strategic strongpoint "Falfemont Farm" during the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. The map detailed German machine-gun positions and barbed wire, which Heaslop’s battery targeted to help British forces successfully capture the area.
Will be sent carefully wrapped and packed in a box to protect it in the post.
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